Objectives　To study the knowledge

attitude and practice (KAP) status of hospice care among probationer nurses in Xi'an and analyze their influence factors with the purpose of providing reference for the education of hospice care in medical colleges and hospitals. Methods　By a convenience sampling method

the probationer nurses from four medical colleges were investigated with the hospice care KAP questionnaire in January 2018. And the data were processed by SPSS 18.0 for descriptive analysis

t test

variance analysis and correlation analysis. Results　A total of 1 534 questionnaires were issued

1 523 taken back

and 1 467 valid

with an effective return-ratio as 95.63%. The knowledge score

attitude score and practice score were (12.31±3.44)

(129.25±9.97) and (23.15±3.96) with the accuracy ratio as 61.5%

68.0%

and 77.2% respectively. The knowledge was correlated significantly with education

nation

religion

domicile and learning experience (P<0.05)

the attitude correlated significantly with gender

education

nation

religion

domicile and learning experience (P<0.05)

and the practice correlated significantly with gender

education

hospital level

religion

monthly family income per person

and learning experience (P<0.05). There were positive correlations between the knowledge and the attitude (r=0.39

P<0.01)

the knowl-edge and the practice (r=0.25

P<0.01)

and the attitude and the practice (r=0.49

P<0.01). Conclusion　The probationer nurses lack the knowledge of hospice care and the awareness of it is weak. Consequently

the medical colleges and hospitals should strengthen the education to help the probationer nurses develop effective hospice care behaviors.